Chapter 14 Arbitrariness
Although the Houjin army never chased after him, Zhao Shujiao did not dare to be careless and released the scouts thirty miles away. When he was about to arrive in Ningyuan, there was no movement from the Houjin army, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
He had already sent a message to Ningyuan, asking the sailors of Juehua Island to prepare for the Han Dynasty to take the Han people to Juehua Island first, and then transport them to the customs by sea, but when they reached the beach of Juehua Island, Yuan Chonghuan said that only the women would be allowed to go to Juehua Island on the boat, and the other about 30,000 young men would go to Ningyuan first, and then return to Shanhaiguan by land.
Zhao Shujiao said: "Lord Yuan, there are still more than a hundred miles from Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan, if Jiannu chases after him, how can these young and strong people have no armor and no weapons." “
Yuan Chonghuan said: "We have 8,000 soldiers, how dare Jiannu chase after us, if it is really to chase, then we just kill him and turn over on his back, and make a meritorious service first." “
Zhao Shujiao remembered the battle situation in the Thirteen Mountains, and couldn't help but shake his head, Houjin's white-armored soldiers were too powerful, if it weren't for the people of the Thirteen Mountains who used bows and arrows to attack on both sides, the outcome was still unknown. He decided to fight for it: "Lord Yuan, if the person chasing is the Han army, then there is really no need to worry, but if the Jiannu armor soldiers come to attack, I am afraid that our army will not be able to resist, and then the young and strong people will not only not be able to help, but I am afraid that it will become a drag." “
Yuan Chonghuan laughed and said: "General Zhao, don't worry, Ningyuan is only a few dozen miles to the Qiantun Acropolis, and when you arrive at Qiantun, you don't have to worry about building slaves, and then it will be easy to go to Shanhaiguan through Zhongqian." When we bring so many young people into the customs, what kind of sensation do you think it will cause, Sacred Heart is happy, General Zhao, you will be a veritable general by then. “
Zhao Shujiao's face flushed, but he always felt a little uneasy, Qiantun was obviously more than a hundred miles away from Ningyuan, and it would take two or even three days to walk quickly on the road, if the Jiannu soldiers caught up, it would be equivalent to the thirteen mountains were in vain. But as Yuan Chonghuan hinted that he didn't even have a formal position, it was useless to say it.
So everyone first came to the beach of Juehua Island, and the sailors took the old and young women to the island, while the soldiers and young men rested well, and they were busy until midnight. Zhao Shujiao thought that he should start leaving now, but he didn't want Yuan Chonghuan to order him to continue to rest and leave after dawn.
Zhao Shujiao discussed with Li Chengxian and Lu Zhijia and came to Yuan Chonghuan together, wanting him to agree that the soldiers who had already rested and Qingzhuang should set off overnight, at least they should let Qingzhuang go first, but unexpectedly, the guards said that Lord Yuan had rested and said that they were not allowed to disturb him, so they didn't dare to report. The three of them were resentful, but they had nothing to do, so they had to go back in a huff.
The next morning, more than 38,000 people marched to Shanhaiguan together. When I walked to the center and right, the scout came to report, and the Houjin army chased after me. Yuan Chonghuan hurriedly asked loudly, "How many people?" ”
The scout replied, "There are about 5,000 people, and the flag is inlaid with red flags." ”
Yuan Chonghuan put his mind at ease: "Come on, just 5,000 Jiannu dare to chase after me and 38,000 others, such a merit, but it was really sent to us, all the generals, stationed here, and killed Jiannu to the ground." ”
Zhao Shujiao hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord Yuan, it's better to let Qingzhuang go first, and we will resist in the back, lest Qingzhuang will mess up our army's formation." ”
Yuan Chonghuan reprimanded: "Thirteen Mountains and Jiannu have been fighting for so long, how can they be regarded as ordinary Qingzhuang, there are so many of us, will seven people kill one and still won't win, go and rest." ”
Li Chengxian and Lu Zhijia also came to persuade Yuan Chonghuan to let Qingzhuang go first, and at most only some soldiers and armor were left to help the Ming army. Yuan Chonghuan didn't listen at all: "I've never heard of an example where you can't win if you have too many people, and you can win if you have fewer people, if you're afraid, go first, I'll stop here alone." ”
Zhao Shujiao saw that it was not a problem, so he suggested: "Lord Yuan, not far ahead is Heizhuang Wobao, where the city wall is much better than that of the middle right place, and the place is much larger, why don't we go to Heizhuang Wobao to defend." ”
Yuan Chonghuan said: "On the main road where the center right is located, it is impossible to be more dilapidated than Heizhuang Wobao, just here, there are many of us, and the Jiannu dare not attack, so in the end we can only retreat." ”
So the army marched into the center and right of the center, and the city wall of the center and right was destroyed a lot when Xiong Tingbi retreated last time, so now it has no defensive function at all, and the low wall base only gives the soldiers some illusory sense of security.
Zhao Shujiao was not at ease, so he called two family members and asked them to quickly ride to the direction of Shanhaiguan, report the situation to Wang Jingluo, and ask him to send reinforcements quickly.
After Li Yongfang's defeat in the army, he fled back to Quang Ninh. Houjin was carrying supplies from Quang Ninh and the surrounding forts, and Yue Tuo was personally stationed here with a red flag. As soon as Li Yongfang met, he exaggerated the number of the Ming army to more than 10,000 people, and the armor was bright and the weapons were excellent, and he was able to get out of the battle by fighting hard, while Aqiusang was unfortunately killed.
Yue Tuo listened to him quietly and asked, "Is it the soldiers of the Beijing camp or the soldiers of Shanhaiguan?" ”
Li Yongfang hesitated and said, "It should be a soldier from Shanhaiguan." "Last time, Du Du was beaten by the Beijing camp and lost his troops, and now Hou Jin's estimate of the combat power of the Beijing camp has been greatly improved, but Li Yongfang knew that Yue Tuo would know that it was not the Beijing camp as soon as he caught up, so he still didn't dare to lie.
Yue Tuo glanced at him, snorted lightly, and said: "Since it's not Jingying, then let's catch up, I'll send twelve Niu Lu here, and you will send three thousand soldiers there, and we'll set off after dinner." ”
The Houjin army finally caught up with the Ming army near the center right station, Yue Tuo saw the Ming army in the broken city wall, and couldn't help laughing, Li Yongfang stepped forward and said, "I don't know why Lord Belle is laughing?" ”
When Yue Tuo heard this, he laughed again and said, "This Ming army general is interesting, does he still want to defend such a city?" So many civilians are crammed into the city, just in time to be a live target for us. It's funny, it's funny, let me laugh again. ”
After he finished laughing, he passed down the order, and 1,500 of the Houjin armor soldiers and 1,000 Yu Ding dismounted, and divided into two teams with the Han army, one team approached from the east, and the other team went to the west to prevent them from escaping.
When the Jin army changed formations, the formation was scattered, and Zhao Shujiao and Li Chengxian asked to lead troops to attack, but Yuan Chonghuan refused without hesitation: "Wait for Jiannu to get closer, and everyone will rush out together at fifty steps, and win the battle, wouldn't it be happy!" ”
When the Houjin army was about eighty paces away from the city wall, they stopped and began to shoot arrows. They used projectiles, and there were so many people in the city that every arrow could hit people, and for a while the screams in the city came and went. The young men were so frightened that many people were shouting, and there were already signs of instability in the morale of the army.
Yuan Chonghuan speculated that Jiannu was only afraid that he would not enter within fifty steps of his own regulations, so he nodded and agreed: "You can take two thousand soldiers to attack first." ”
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